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Division One An interesting weekend of results sees things tighten up for the top sides in division one.
Current champions Knutsford dropped down to fifth as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home against Rylands.
It was a cagey opening 20 minutes, but Knutsford did test Andy Moor in the Rylands goal early on; firstly with Reece Davies' 25-yard free kick, and then Simon Williamson cut inside from the left and fired a shot that Moor saved at the near post. Rylands were threatening from corners. Liam Hayes' delivery caused a goalmouth scramble that almost fell to Craig Smith, and soon after Jimmy Daniels volleyed over after Knutsford failed to clear Alex Lowe's cross.
Knutsford's best chance of the first half-an-hour fell to Reece Davies; Joel Wilbraham collected the ball on the right and whipped in a superb cross but Davies could only head wide.
Knutsford's Mark Higgs produced an impressive save when he stretched to divert Daniels' strike around the post when it looked destined for the top corner. Andy Moor responded with a fantastic stop of his own when the ball fell to Davies in the area from Michael Cartner's deflected strike, Davies hit the ball on the volley but Moor parried it away at point blank range.
The second half saw Knutsford dominate the early stages and Ryalnds keeper Moor was forced to make two excellent saves from Davies and Pickford to keep the scores level. At the other end, good work From Deakin and Sinker created a chance for Alex Lowe who hit a driven shot just wide of the goal.
Another smart save from Moor to deny Cartner looked to have ensured a point for Rylands but with just five minutes remaining, Lynch headed the home side into the lead when he beat Moor to a deep free kick. To their credit, Rylands responded and in the final minute a fine cross from substitute James Parr was met superbly on the half volley by Daniels to level the scores.
Incredibly the visitors could have won the match as Rylands poured forward deep into injury time, Daniels and Deakin combined brilliantly only for Higgs to deny Deakin's chip with an outstretched hand as he raced through on goal.
Barnton moved into second place as a goal in each half from Billy Webb saw them beat current league leaders Crewe 2-0. Barnton now sit three points behind their opponents with two games in hand.
Garswood United also moved up a place and now sit in fourth spot as they inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Rudheath Social who slip down to third spot. Garswood are now right on their tails as they sit a point behind Rudheath with two games in hand. This leaves the title race wide open with the top six all in with a chance of league success.
At the other end of the table Middlewich entertained Denton Town and finished 4-0 winners thanks to a Sam Didsbury hat trick and a goal from Mike Evans.
Pilkington suffered a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Linotype CHN. Wes Wilkinson bagged himself a hat trick, with further goals from Pete Bradshaw and Javin McKenzie.
Eagle Sports lost 2-1 at home to Gamesley. Eagle's goal was scored by Owen Ellis.
Division Two Grappenhall Sports went in to their local derby with Warrington Town Reserves on the back of two wins and started the game full of confidence. Despite the first half starting very evenly, it was Grappenhall who took the lead when Dan Sisson won a header from a free kick and as the ball dropped out of the air, Ryan Crawford hit it on the volley and slammed it home from eight yards.
After the break, Warrington started well and were rewarded when a deflected 25 yard drive beat the Grappenhall keeper. The game then stretched and more chances began to be created for both sides. Grappenhall had the best chance when Dan Sisson headed over from 10 yards. Grappenhall went 2-1 up in the 81st minute when substitute Ranny Dhwahli hit a low drive from the edge of the box.
Grappenhall were unfortunate not to increase their lead when the Warrington keeper was forced into a double save from Adam Rosterne's penalty when Ryan Crawford was fouled in the box.
A single goal from Danny Morgan was all that separated Maine Road Reserves and Tarporley Victoria as the Manchester side sneaked a 1-0 win, while Congleton Vale finished 5-1 winners away at Moore United.
Mike Blundell and Leon Robinson helped Sandbach United to a 2-0 win at home against Barnton Wanderers which sees them sit comfortably in fourth with games in hand over the two sides just above them.
Malpas started at a good pace and looked quality going forward as they stretched the Daten back line. It took the home side only 8 minutes to open the scoring when Lee Parry burst through, beating two players and laying the ball to Joe Lunt who made no mistake, driving the ball into the corner of the net for 1-0. Lee Parry was unlucky not to double the lead soon after a great save stopped him getting on the score sheet. Daten pressed but another great move saw Malpas' Lee Parry picking out Owen Ward to give the home side a 2-0 advantage. Daten struggled to hold the Malpas forward runs and it was 3-0 after 26 minutes when a free kick was driven into the bottom right of the net by top scorer Alex Hughes.
Daten started the second half brightly but Malpas caught them on the break to go 4-0 up when a superb move starting from the left found Joe Lunt in the box. He was fouled, leaving Parry to slot home from the spot in the 55th minute. Daten were awarded a penalty in the 70th minute which Tom Gibson slotted home to see the game finish 4-1 to Malpas.
Reserve Division Despite being on the back foot from the first whistle, Rylands put in a solid performance at home against Garswood United and finished 2-0 winners to secure a mid table spot over Christmas. Garswood snapped into action early on when Mike Scott chipped Matt Latham in the Rylands goal but Ryan Shepherd was on hand to clear. This was followed up when Jonathon Lowe had a snap shot deflected and Scott again saw an effort tipped over as Rylands failed to maintain possession. It wasn't until the half hour mark when the home side had their first effort but Pye's speculative shot failed to trouble Lawless in the Garswood goal. The ever dangerous Leyland combined with Scott to force a smart save from Latham and just on half time another effort from Lowe was turned round the post as Garswood increased the pressure on the Rylands goal.
Within minutes of the restart Garswood wasted a great opportunity when Scott scooped an effort over the bar while at the other end M. Jordan put Mather through but his shot lacked power and direction. On the hour mark, Rylands took the lead against the run of play. Lawless in the Garswood goal firstly miscontrolled a backpass and as Jordan put him under pressure, his clearance was blocked by the forwards lunge and the ball cannoned off his back and rolled into the empty net.
Garswood for the next twenty minutes laid siege and only the efforts of the Rylands rear guard and the tireless Daniel Williams and Nick Jordan kept them in front. There were more chances for Garswood as Leyland put Scott through but he shot wide, before Leyland himself had a goalbound effort blocked and Latham clawed another Scott effort away to safety. Rylands sealed the points when Matt Jordan beat the offside trap, and drew the keeper in before unselfishly laying the ball into the path of Craig Mather for a simple tap in for 2-0.
Goals from Kev Hammond and Stephen Jackson earned Barnton a 2-1 win at home against Eagle Sports, while Whaley Bridge reduced the gap at the top to six points with a 2-1 win away at Daten. They still have three games in hand over leaders Greenalls PSO.
Jason Jones and Jordan Thompson earned Linotype a points as they drew 2-2 in their local derby at home against Poynton.
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It is not clear what this "fightback" is against but he measures it in "the enormous reception of the Pope's visit."
However, the Pope's visit – as the Catholic Church's own research showed – was a comprehensive flop.
Cameron says "we've won the argument over Bideford Council and the fact that if councils want to say prayers before council meetings they should."
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But when did people not have the right to wear a crucifix or express their faith? This is a fantasy propagated by Christian extremists in this country and one that the Prime Minister has embraced either through cynicism or gullibility.
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The Hamilton school board is considering cutting 11 staff positions.
It's bitter news for the school, the staff, the parents and kids.
Jobs on the block include one teacher position that wouldn't be filled and a resigning teacher's job that probably wouldn't be filled, a preschool specialist, an art specialist, a grant writer and six para-professionals. Most jobs are full-time.
The news comes on the heels of an announcement a few weeks ago that Grantsdale School would close. Administration said its necessary to balance a $371,000 budget deficit. The district said Grantsdale's closure helps slice some of the deficit.
Losing 11 educator positions doesn't make anybody happy.
Hamilton businesswoman Claire Kemp, the mother of two Hamilton School District students, reviewed the list of people who could be cut. She knows people.
"These are really talented, passionate educators that will be losing their jobs," said Kemp.
Kemp opposed the closure of Grantsdale School. She loved the education that her daughter received there. But administrators said closing Grantsdale, plus the 11 cuts in staff should balance the budget. Even that isn't a sure bet.
"We're looking at declining enrollment," said school Superintendent Tom Korst. "We're looking at $100,000 there."
Korst anticipates a 10-percent cut in federal dollars. He said there are facility and maintenance needs that must be met.
Some critics said the district is acting too quickly. We don't know what the legislature will do yet. But the superintendent thinks making decisions now is better than later.
"Some folks will want that opportunity to look for a job," said Korst.
But critics said cuts are a slight to education.
"It's very hard for me to see how they can still receive the quality of education that our school district wants," said Kemp.
She wanted to initiate a mill levy to offset the deficit.
The board will hold a special board meeting on the proposed cuts Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at Daly Elementary School.


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Room 2057
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Room 2054
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Shoreline Community College
Visual Arts
2000 Building
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Shoreline, WA 98133
Program Description
The two-year Associate of Applied Arts and Sciences Degree in Visual Communication Technology prepares its graduates for first-time employment in the varied and rapidly changing field of visual communications. The program seeks to provide a comprehensive background for its students as well as opportunities for specialized study within the diverse areas of the industry. Entering students - who may begin any quarter - pursue an integrated program of foundation courses in art and design, computer graphics, visual communication media, business and communications. More in-depth information can be found on the Shoreline Visual Arts Program Website.
Degrees and Certificates
Transfer Degrees
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Students may add additional specializations to their two- year degree by taking extra courses. All programs of study emphasize portfolio development. Students are encouraged to seek industry experience through internships during their second year of study.
Graduates may find employment in a variety of settings including advertising agencies, publication houses, public relation firms, commercial graphics companies, visual support departments, printing departments, news agencies, print shops, digital service bureaus, software development companies, digital media companies, photo-processing companies, and the Internet. Some companies have in-house production departments while others subcontract with advertising agencies and independent designers.
Innovations in computer technology continue to rapidly change and expand the field of visual communication, in general, and the Visual Communication Technology Program at Shoreline Community College in particular. The following courses of study are subject to change. The student entering the program should expect these changes and stay in contact with vocational advisors in their area of study. Please note that courses indicated as Art XXX or VCT XXX are currently being developed, and that some changes to course titles and descriptions are pending. Programs of study may be changed by students with the consent of the Visual Communications Technology faculty and the Humanities Division Dean. Students who do not start Fall Quarter may find that conflicts in course scheduling may require a longer time to graduate.
Certificates of Completion for focused programs of study and one-year Certificates of Proficiency are available as alternatives to the two-year degree.
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Tile installers, tilesetters, and marble setters install materials on a variety of surfaces, such as floors, walls, ceilings, countertops, patios, and roof decks. Because tile and marble must be set on smooth, even surfaces, installers often must level the surface to be tiled with a layer of mortar or plywood. If the area to be tiled is unstable, workers must nail a support of metal mesh or tile backer board to create a stable surface.
To cut tiles, workers use power wet saws, tile scribes, or hand-held tile cutters to create even edges. They use trowels of different sizes to spread mortar or a sticky paste, called mastic, evenly on the surface to be tiled. To minimize imperfections and keep rows straight and even, they put spacers between tiles. The spacers keep tiles the same distance from each other until the mortar is dry. After the mortar dries and the tiles are set, they apply grout between tiles using a rubber trowel (called a float).
Marble setters may cut marble to a specified size with a power wet saw. After putting the marble in place, marble setters polish the marble to a high luster, using power or hand sanders.
Some tile and marble setters learn their trade through a two- to four-year apprenticeship.. Some may begin with 12-week pre-apprenticeship training at a training center to learn construction basics. Construction basics include mathematics, building code requirements, safety and first-aid practices, and reading blueprints.
After completing an apprenticeship program, tile and marble setters are considered to be journey workers and may perform duties on their own. Some contractors have their own training programs for tile and marble setters. Although workers may enter apprenticeships directly, many first start out as helpers.
Some two-year technical schools offer courses that are affiliated with unions and contractor organizations. The credits earned as part of an apprenticeship program usually count toward an associate's degree.
Tile and marble are usually installed after most of the construction has been completed, so the work area for installers is typically clean and uncluttered. Still, mortar, adhesives, or grout may be sticky and messy. Installing tile and marble is labour intensive, with workers spending much of their time reaching, bending, and kneeling. As a result, workers must wear kneepads for protection. They must also wear safety goggles when using grinders, saws, and sanders.
Most tile and marble setters work full time. In commercial settings, tilesetters may work evenings and weekends, often for higher wages, to avoid disturbing regular business operations.
The median annual wage of tile and marble setters was $38,110 in May 2010. (The median wage is the wage at which half of the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.) The lowest 10% earned less than $21,730, and the top 10% earned more than $68,980.
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Please join alumni, parents and friends for the Nordic Choir concert conducted by Dr. Allen Hightower and a reception following the performance.
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Chosen for Their Innovative Integration of Virtual Worlds into
Teaching and Learning, Ball State Will Expand Cinema Arts Program
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2008--Blackboard Inc.
(NASDAQ: BBBB), a leading provider of enterprise technology for the
education industry, today announced Ball State University (BSU)
Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts and Animation (IDIAA) Cinema
Arts Program as the winner of the company's first $25,000 Blackboard
Greenhouse Grant for Virtual Worlds. By leveraging the interactive
technology of Second Life with the Blackboard course management
system, BSU's program will extend instruction to an e-Learning
community that would otherwise not have access to the expensive
equipment and labs needed for the university's standard course of
The Blackboard Greenhouse Grant for Virtual Worlds was developed
in 2007, to foster and promote the integration of virtual worlds into
everyday teaching and learning.
"We wanted to encourage and support our clients who are constantly
creating innovative learning environments for their students and the
global e-Learning community," said Craig Chanoff, senior vice
president of Blackboard Client Success. "Programs such as BSU's
cutting-edge cinema arts course will offer unique educational
opportunities for student engagement and skill development in
Blackboard's secure learning environment."
BSU's IDIAA Cinema Arts Program will combine Blackboard's course
management tools, particularly the Adaptive Release feature, to
automate and control access to virtual facilities in Second Life. By
combining virtual equipment and lab capacities with access control,
students will have an exploratory learning environment with enough
structure to make the Second Life experience comfortable and
"Blackboard and Second Life will provide virtual studio and
laboratory based learning environments to a remote distance education
audience and leverage our success in real world new media arts into
virtual worlds," said John Fillwalk, director of IDIAA and associate
professor of electronic art at Ball State University. "While our
students will be the initial benefactors of our Ball State University
cinematography class, the technology that bridges the gap between
Second Life and Blackboard will be available to the Blackboard
community so other schools will be able to create and deliver their
own immersive learning environments."
Through the use of Adaptive Release, BSU instructors will be able
to control, monitor and create assignments according to their evolving
student assessment and criteria. The IDIAA Cinema Arts Program will
use the Second Life platform to teleport pupils to specific spaces and
assignments within the learning environment through the use of the
website's "Holodeck" tool. The virtual equipment available within the
learning space will not only mimic real-world models in detail, but
will also enable students to work individually and collaboratively on
a variety of projects in ways previously impractical. Additionally, a
student union, a large studio and a lounge area in Second Life will
provide arenas for students to discuss course issues with peers and
faculty, and present their artifacts.
The IDIAA Cinema Arts Program was chosen by a panel of academics
currently using virtual worlds to improve online learning, including
William Brinkman, assistant professor of computer science and systems
analysis at Miami University; Bill Moseley, adjunct professor of
computer science at Pepperdine University and Bakersfield College; and
Theodore Ubhaus, information systems manager at Berkeley College.
"The Blackboard committee selected BSU's proposal out of a large
and diverse pool of competing submissions because it demonstrated a
complete understanding of a virtual world environment," said John
Fontaine, senior director of Engineering Services at Blackboard.
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enterprise software applications and related services to the education
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everywhere by connecting people and technology. Millions of people use
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Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Dr. Dacic is a member of the Division of Anatomic Pathology and Director of the FISH and Developmental Laboratory.
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- MD - University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1990
- PhD - University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1998
Clinical ExpertiseDr. Dacic is a thoracic surgical pathologist and Director of the FISH and Developmental Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her diagnostic expertise includes neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the lung, and mediastinum and lung transplantation. FISH and Developmental Laboratory offers a large spectrum of FISH and ISH diagnostic and prognostic tests developed under her direct supervision and guideline.
Research ExpertiseDr. Dacic's primary research interests relate to molecular profiling of lung carcinoma and mesotheliomas and detection of biomarkers that have potential to be used clinically for diagnosis, prognostication and treatment of lung carcinoma and mesotheliomas. These interests resulted in numerous invited lectureships and courses in national and international societies and forums. She is a member of the pathology committee for the International Association for Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and a member of International Mesothelioma Panel. Dr. Dacic serves as a Deputy Chief Editor of the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Dacic is a recipient of Arthur Purdy Stout Prize in 2011 for her research contributions that have had a major impact on diagnostic pathology.
Recent PublicationsView Dr. Dacic's publications on PubMed
Chiosea S, Cagle P, Krasinskas A, Zander D, Mitchell K, Dacic S. Diagnostic importance of 9p21 homozygous deletion in malignant mesotheliomas. Mod Pathol 2008; 21 (6):742-7.
Dacic S, Kothmaier H, Land S, Shuai Y , Halbwedl I, Morbini P, Murer B, Comin CE, Galateau-Salle F, Demirag F, Zeren H, Attanoos R, Gibbs A, Cagle PT, HH. Prognostic significance of p16/CDKN2a deletion in pleural malignant mesotheliomas. Virchows Arch 2008;453(6):627-35.
Traynor A, Schiller JH, Stabile LP, Kolesar JM, Eickhoff JC, Dacic S, Hoang T, Dubey S, Marcotte S, Siegfried JM. Pilot study of Gefitinib and Fulvestrant in the treatment of post-menopausal women with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2009;64(1):51-9.
Achcar R, Nikiforova M, Dacic S, Nicholson A, Yousem SA. MAML2 11q21 gene rearrangement in bronchopulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Hum Pathol 2009;40 (6):854-60.
Monaco S, Nikiforova MN, Cieply K, Teot LA, Khalbuss WE, Dacic S. A comparison of EGFR and KRAS status in primary and matched metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Hum Pathol 2010 Jan;41(1):94-102. Epub 2009 Sep 8.
Dacic S, Shuai Y, Yousem SA, Ohori NP, Nikiforova MN. Clinico-pathological predictors of EGFR/KRAS mutational status in primary lung adenocarcinomas. Mod Pathol 2010 Feb;23(2):159-68; 2009 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Rodig SJ, Mino-Kenudson M, Dacic S, Yeap B Y,. Barletta JA, Stubb H, Law K, Lindeman N, Mark E, Shaw A, Pasi J, Lynch T, Johnson BE, Iafrate AJ, and Chirieac LR. Unique Clinicopathologic features characterize ALK rearranged lung adenocarcinoma in the Western population. Clin Cancer Res 2009; 15(16):5216-23. Epub 2009 Aug 11
Krasinskas AM, Bartlett D, Cieply K, Dacic S. CDKN2A and MTAP deletions in peritoneal mesotheliomas: correlation with loss of p16 protein expression and survival. Mod Pathol 2010 Jan 15. [Epub ahead of print]
Chiosea S, Shuai Y, Cieply K, Nikiforova MN, Dacic S. EGFR FISH positive lung adenocarcinoma: incidence of co-existing KRAS and BRAF mutations. Hum Pathol 2010; 41(8):1053-60.
Dacic S, Kelly L, Shuai Y, Nikiforova MN. miRNA expression profiling of lung adenocarcinomas: correlation with mutational status. Mod Pathol. 2010; 23(12):1577-82.
Argiris A, Heron DE, Smith R, Kim S, Gibson Michael, Lai S, Branstetter BF, Posluszny D, Wang L, Seethala R, Dacic S, Gooding W, Grandis JR, Johnson JT, Ferris RL. Induction docetaxel, cisplatin, and cetuximab followed by concurrent radiotherapy, cisplatin, and cetuximab and maintenance cetuximab in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer J Clin Oncol 2010; 20;28(36):5294-300.
Tarhini A, Kotsakis, A, Gooding W, Shuai Y, Petro D, Friedland D, Belani CP, Dacic S, Argiris A. Phase II study of everolimus (RAD001) in previously treated small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2010;16(23):5900-7.
Cagle PT, Allen TC, Dacic S, Beasley MB, Borczuk AC, Chirieac LR, Laucirica R, Ro JY, Kerr KM. Revolution in lung cancer: new challenges for the surgical pathologist. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011;135(1):110-6
García JJ, Hunt JL, Weinreb I, McHugh JB, Barnes EL, Cieply K, Dacic S, Seethala RR. Fluorescent in situ hybridization for detection of MAML2 rearrangements in oncocytic mucoepidermoid carcinomas: utility as a diagnostic test Hum Pathol 2011 Jul 19
Monaco SE, Krasinskas AM, Kamat, Dacic S. The diagnostic utility of p16 FISH and GLUT-1 immunohistochemistry in mesothelial proliferations diagnosed by surgical pathology and cytology. Am J Clin Pathol 2011;135(4):619-27
Stabile LP, Dacic S, Land SR, Lenzner D, Dhir R, Aquafondata M, Landreneau RJ, Grandis JR, Siegfried JM. Combined analysis of estrogen receptor-beta and progesterone receptor expression identifies lung cancer patients with poor outcome. Clin Cancer Res 2011; 1;17(1):154-64.
Tochigi N, Dacic S, Ohori NP. Bronchoscopic and transthoracic cytology and biopsy for pulmonary non-small cell carcinomas:performance characteristics by procedure and tumor type. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Feb 13. doi: 10.1002/dc.21588. [Epub ahead of print]
Tochigi N, Dacic S, Nikiforova M, Cieply KM, Yousem SA. Adenosquamous carcinoma of lung: a microdissection study of KRAS and EGFR mutational and amplification status in a Western patient population. Am J Clin Pathol 2011; 135(5):983-9.
Ocque R, Tochigi N, Ohori PN, Dacic S. Utility of immunohistochemistry and histochemistry in the classification of lung adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in cytology specimens. Am J Clin Pathol 2011;135(5):783-9.
Xue J, Gochuico B, Alawad AS, Feghali-Bostwick CA, Noth I, Nathn S D, Rosen GD, Rosas IO, Dacic S, Ocak I, Fuhrman CR, Cuenco KT, Smith MA, Jacobs SS, Zeevi, A, Morel PA, Pilewski JM, Valentine VG, Gibson KF, Kaminski N, Sciurba FC, Zhang Y, Duncan SR. The HLA class II allele DRB1*1501 is over-represented in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. PLoS One 2011 Feb 23; 6(2):e14715
Noeln BM, Langmead CJ, Choi S, Lomakin A, Marrangoni A, Bigbee WL, Wiessfeld JL, Wilson DO, Dacic S, Siegfried JM, Lokshin AE. Serum biomarker profiles as screening tools in lung cancer. Cancer Biomark. 2011 Jan 1;10(1):3-12.
Chiosea S, Sherer C, Jelic T, Dacic S. KRAS Mutant allele specific imbalance in lung adenocarcinoma. Mod Pathol 2011 Dec;24(12):1571-7. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.109. Epub 2011 Jul 8.
Tessema M, Yingling CM, Thomas CL, Klinge DM, Bernauer A, Liu Y, Dacic S, Siegfried JM, Dahlberg S, Schiller J, Belinsky SA. SULF2 methylation is prognostic for lung cancer survival and increases sensitivity to topoisomerase-I inhibitors via Induction of ISG15. Oncogene 2011 Dec 12. doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.577


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Islam and Liberty: A Comparative Analysis
The following is an adaptation of a lecture frequently given by William Coley, Director of Muslims for Liberty. The name of the lecture is "Islam and Liberty". In it, he explores the historical roots of the "essential rights" (also known as the "natural rights of man"), and how they have striking similarities with maqasid al-shariah ("the intentions of Islamic law"). What follows is his interpretation of these commonalities, and how they can help Muslims rediscover their claim to these noble principles . On a practical level, one should keep in mind that modern "Muslim" governments fail to embody these commonalities. One should also keep in mind that there are historical instances of Muslim communities or governments which have not followed the guidelines of Islamic law and were instead involved in spreading corruption and oppression.
Bismillah ar Rahman ir Raheem
Islam and Liberty
By William Coley, Director of Muslims4Liberty
Edited by Ramy Osman
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness…", quoted from the American Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776.
In the time of the American founding fathers, these were radical and extreme ideas. Though they may have been "self evident"' to people like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, they were not self evident to King George of England, or to most of Europe for that matter. What the founders were suggesting was a radical restructuring of the social hierarchy. In a world of lords and kings, these men dared suggest that all men, even a king, were created on equal footing. That all men are given the same rights, and are held accountable in the same way. These inalienable rights are granted not by monarchs or parliaments, but by God the Creator. The founders thus thought to call on a higher authority, the Creator Himself, as their claim to legitimacy in making their declaration.
This was not the first time in history that such a radical restructuring of society was attempted based on these principles. More than 1000 years prior, one person single-handedly attempted to restructure the society he lived in based on the belief in "One God", and based upon the concept of peoples "God-given rights". Throughout his life, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) advocated for rights similar to what the founding fathers were calling for. But his advocacy went beyond that of the founders (being that the founders were mainly advocating for the rights of males of European descent). The prophet Muhammad strove to ensure the rights of women, orphans and the poor. He also sternly advocated for the end of slavery. The prophet Muhammad's advocacy is beautifully summarized in a quote from his final sermon, and for centuries his true followers struggled (and continue to struggle) to uphold these rights:
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve. An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab; white has no superiority over black, nor does a black have any superiority over white; [none have superiority over another] except by piety and good action."
In what follows, we will explore the concept of God-given rights as laid out by the founders. We will also explore how these rights have their roots in the Islamic legal tradition. To begin with, it is a historical fact that over the centuries, the western and Islamic legal traditions have often come into contact with one another. The result of this interaction has at times resulted in more concepts of liberty finding its way into the historical development of the western tradition. One could venture to say that the height of Islamic civilization was characterized by the preservation of individual liberty. There are examples of Jewish and Christian peoples seeking refuge and protection in Islamic countries due to their being persecuted in Christian Europe. They sought refuge under Islamic law which preserved their liberties. There are also examples of Jewish and Christian communities thriving in Muslim territories, where these communities were granted semi-autonomy by maintaining their own religious and traditional court systems separate from the ruling Islamic court system.
The preservation of liberty in Islamic history is a vast topic beyond the scope of this analysis. But suffice it to say that these liberties were guarantee by the teachings of the Islamic religion itself. This is in stark contrast to how the concept of liberty and freedom developed in western civilization. There, these concepts stemmed from a struggle against the ruling Church which actively suppressed peoples liberty and free thought. Once the west was free from the shackles of the Church, were they then able to achieve political and scientific freedom. Interestingly enough, where western civilization found their liberty directly related to freedom from the Church, Islamic civilization found their liberty directly related to reliance upon Islamic law.
From the 12th century onward, some of the legal concepts expressed in the common law system can be traced as having been influenced and even derived from Islamic sources. There are legal concepts that did not appear in the English legal tradition until after exposure to the Islamic courts and its legal system. Professor John A Makdisi (Professor of Law, B.A., Harvard College, M.A., St. Vincent de Paul Seminary, J.D., University of Pennsylvania, S.J.D., Harvard Law School) writes in his " Islamic Origins of the Common Law"(1999):
"The Islamic legal system was far superior to the primitive legal system of England before the birth of the common law. It was natural for the more primitive system to look to the more sophisticated one as it developed three institutions that played a major role in creating the common law. The action of debt (Aq'd), the assize of novel disseisin (Istihqaq), and trial by jury (lafif) introduced mechanisms for a more rational, sophisticated legal process that existed only in Islamic law at that time."
Thomas Brown (known in Arabic as Qaid Brun) is often credited with a good portion of this influence. Brown worked as a Qaid of the royal Diwan throughout the reign of Roger II of Muslim occupied Sicily. After the succession of William I in 1154, Brown left Sicily and worked as royal exchequer for Henry II of England during the formulation of the Common Law. Professor Makdisi asserts that concepts like the presumption of innocence, precedent/precept law, equity before the law, and the right to a trial were all reinforced into the common law by way of Brown and other scholars like Simon of Apalia.
Another foundational basis for what is often mistakenly considered as uniquely western freedoms, is the document of the Magna Carta. This document was chartered in an attempt to force the English king to be subject to the common law the same way everyone else is subject under the law. Libertarian philosopher and historian Rose Wilder Lane discusses in her 1943 book " The Discovery of Freedom", that the crusaders were exposed to Islamic legal theories when in Palestine and subsequently brought some of these ideas home with them. They saw that the leader of the Muslims, Salahuddin (Saladin) al Ayubi, was not a "king" in the sense that they knew. But rather he was a Muslim among Muslims, and was held accountable before the law the same as any other man. When the crusaders returned home, this idea spread among the population until the people demanded the same of their own king and government. The fact is, accountability of rulers is rooted in Islamic history and teachings. You can find examples in the Qur'an, the sunnah (prophetic traditions), and the courts of the Rashidun Caliphate.
An example in the Qur'an is the following verse: "O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to God, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for God can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you swerve, and if you distort justice or decline to do justice, verily God is well-acquainted with all that you do." (Chapter 4:Verse 135)
An example from the traditions of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the following: On the day of Badr, the Messenger of God (pbuh) straightened the ranks of his companions using an arrow that was in his hand. As he walked by Sawad ibn Ghaziya, who was standing out of line, he pricked him with the arrow in his belly saying, "Sawad, stand in line". Sawad responded by complaining, "You hurt me, Messenger of God. God has sent you with truth and justice, so let me retaliate". The Messenger then uncovered his belly and said, "Go ahead, take your retaliation". Sawad then embraced the Messenger with a hug, and kissed his belly. (source: Ibn Is-haq, "The Life of Muhammad")
And an example from the Rashidun Caliphate is the following:
The Qadi (Judge) Shurayh said: When 'Ali was setting out to Siffin ('Ali was the cousin of the prophet, and he had just been appointed as Caliph), he found that he was missing a coat of armor of his. When the war was over and he returned to Kufa, he came across the armor in the hands of a Christian. He said to the Christian, "This armor is mine, I have not sold it or given it away. The Christian said, 'It is my armor and it is in my hand". He said, "Let us go to the Qadi (judge)".
'Ali went first, sat beside the Qadi Suhyayh, where the Qadi said, "Speak O Leader of the Faithful". 'Ali said "Yes this armor which this man has is my armor; I did not sell it nor did I give it away." Shurayh said to the Christian, "What do you have to say?". He said, "It is my armor and it is in my possession. But I do not call the Leader of the Faithful a liar." Shurayh said to 'Ali, "Do you have any evidence, Leader of the Faithful?". He said, "Yes. Qanbar and al Hassan (the son of 'Ali) will bear witness the armor is mine". Shurayh replied, "A son's testimony is not acceptable on behalf of his father", and so the Qadi ruled in favor of the Christian. (sources: Al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya, Volume 8 page 5, see also Tareekhul Khulafaa, page 193)
Another example from the Rashidun Caliphate:
A man from the Copts came to Umar ibn al-Khattab in Al-Madinah and said: "O Leader of the Faithful! I seek refuge in you from oppression" Umar replied: "You have sought refuge where it should be sought." The Copt said: "I was racing the son of 'Amr ibn al-A'as, and I defeated him. Then he began to beat me with a whip saying: I am the Son of Nobles!"
As a result, Umar wrote to 'Amr commanding him to come with his son. When they came to Umar he inquired: "Where is the Copt?" And then said: "the Copt has to take the whip and beat your son Amr!" Consequently, the Coptic began actually to beat the son of 'Amr with the whip while 'Umar says to him: "Beat the Son of Nobles!"
Anas said, "So he beat him. I swear by Allah, as he was beating him, we all pitied his wailing. He did not desist until we stopped him." Then Umar said to the Copt: "Now beat the whip upon 'Amr's bald head!" He replied: "O Commander of the Faithful! It was his son who beat me, and I have evened the score with him."
Upon this Umar said to 'Amr, "Since when do you enslave the people when their mothers bore them as free men?" He said, "O Commander of the Faithful! I was unaware of this, and he did not come to me (for justice).�
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Oxygen Hogs Delayed Extinction Recovery
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A new study shows that prolonged oxygen deprivation after Earth's largest-known mass extinction severly delayed the recovery of Earth's biosphere. The study provides new insight into the causes of this extended period of low oxygen levels.
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Such was the situation with the greatest mass
in Earth's history 250 million years ago, when 90 percent of all marine animal species were wiped out, along with a huge proportion of plant, animal and insect species on land.
A massive amount of volcanism in Siberia is widely credited with driving the disaster, but even after the immense outpourings of lava and toxic gases tapered off, oxygen levels in the oceans, which had been depleted, remained low for about 5 million years, slowing life's recovery there to an unusual degree.
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In fact, according to biogeochemist Katja Meyer, the tiny organisms rebounded to such an extent that the bigger life forms couldn't catch a break – much less their breath – because the little ones were enjoying a sustained population explosion.
As the vast hordes of tiny dead organisms rotted, dissolved oxygen in the seawater was consumed by aerobic microbes involved in the decay process, leaving scant oxygen for larger organisms in what became an oxygen-depleted, or anoxic, environment.
The driver of the ongoing population boom appears to have been the massive amounts of carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere during the volcanism, Meyer said, which caused the world to warm.
"More warmth means an invigorated hydrological cycle, so you get more rain and this rain is also more acidic because there is more carbon dioxide dissolved in the rain," Meyer said.
The increased amounts of more acidic rain increased weathering of the land surface, which sent more nutrients into the ocean, which fueled explosions of life such as algae blooms.
A distant view of the field area in the Nanpanjiang Basin in south China where limestone contained evidence of a slow recovery of marine animal populations after the mass extinction 250 million years ago. Credit:
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"It is kind of counterintuitive that high productivity on the part of algae and bacteria would likely be generating these toxic geochemical conditions that prevent most of animal life from recovering from mass extinction," Meyer said.
But the process, she said, is basically the same as when excess runoff from fertilizers goes into a body of water, whether it's a pond on a golf course or the infamous dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico created by farm runoff carried down the Mississippi River.
"You get this giant bloom of algae and then it starts to smell bad as that algae decays, pulling oxygen out of the water and causing fish die-offs," Meyer said.
In spite of the almost inestimably high numbers of algae and bacteria living and dying during this time, there is little direct evidence of them in the fossil record because such tiny, soft-bodied creatures just don't preserve well.
So Meyer and her colleagues had to work with indirect evidence of the microorganisms to determine their abundance during the years after the mass extinction. The population proxy they used was the carbon present in the limestone.
Carbon – like all elements – comes in different varieties, called isotopes, distinguished by the number of neutrons each has in its nucleus. The researchers worked with two carbon isotopes, carbon 12, which has six neutrons, and carbon 13, which has seven.
Both isotopes are present in ocean water, but living things on Earth have always shown a preference for incorporating the lighter isotope, carbon 12, into their structures. Thus, where life is abundant, the ratio of carbon 13 to carbon 12 in seawater is higher than it is where there is no life.
Limestone records the composition of the seawater in which it was deposited, including the relative amounts of light and heavy carbon isotopes, so by analyzing the isotope ratio in the rocks, Meyer could infer the abundance of life in the water where the limestone formed.
Comparable modern environments, such as the Bahama Banks in the Caribbean Sea, where carbonate platforms similar to the limestones are forming, are typically teeming with life at the range of depths in which Meyer's limestones formed. In these environments, the ratio of carbon 13 to carbon 12 is generally constant from shallow to deep water.
Today, Earth's atmosphere is rich in oxygen. This image was taken from the space shuttle Discovery during the STS-96 mission in 1999. Image Credit:
But microorganisms are typically most abundant in shallow waters, so if marine life in the era after the mass extinction had been confined to algae and bacteria, then the shallower depths should show a markedly greater ratio of carbon 13 to carbon 12 than would be found at depth.
Meyer's analysis showed there was a difference of about 4 parts per thousand in carbon isotope ratios from the shallow waters to depths, roughly twice what it is today.
"We only see this gradient in the interval after the mass
prior to the recovery of animal life," said Meyer.
Meyer is the lead author of a research paper about the study published last month in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
. The extinction 250 million years ago is known as the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, as it coincides with the end of the Permian period and the beginning of the Triassic period on the geologic time scale.
"It appears there was a huge amount of biological productivity in the shallow waters that was making the bottom waters uninhabitable for animals," said Jonathan Payne, assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences, who is a coauthor of the paper and in whose lab Meyer has been working.
"It looks like the whole
was slowed by having too much food available, rather than too little," Payne said. "Most of us think that if the biota isn't doing well, maybe we should feed it more. This is clearly an example where feeding it less would have been much better."
Funding for the research was provided by the National Science Foundation, Agouron Institute, American Chemical Society and National Geographic Society.
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CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS via PROQUEST : Provides access to Congressional level publications, policy documents and the US Statutes at Large.
E-BOOK COLLECTION (EBSCOhost) (formerly NETLIBRARY): A general collection of electronic texts; for a list of the the Law Library's Civil Rights titles: Civil Rights E-book Collection
E-BOOK LIBRARY (USMAI): A web-based ebook lending platform. Select the University of Baltimore Law Library and log in using your UB username/password
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: Electronic versions of some of the Law Library's print subscriptions.
ERIC: Index of articles related to education.
HEIN ONLINE: This Library consists of a collection of over 1,800 law and law-related periodicals with more than 26 million pages of articles, comments, book reviews, decisions, and legislation. Full-text is available, in graphical image format.
INDEX TO LEGAL PERIODICALS & BOOKS FULL-TEXT: Indexes legal journals, books, and newspapers. Includes the full-text of some articles.
INDEX TO LEGAL PERIODICALS RETROSPECTIVE: Covers the period from 1908 - 1981, with indexing for over 500 law reviews and journals.
JSTOR: The Law Library subscribes to the Arts and Sciences I & II collections. Arts and Sciences I offers 119 journal titles in the humanities and social sciences, including core journals in economics, history, political science and sociology. Arts and Sciences II adds depth to the subject areas contained in A & S I and offers titles in new areas such as archaeology and classics. A & S II contains 124 titles.
LEGALTRAC: Indexes legal journals and newspapers.
MAKING OF MODERN LAW: LEGAL TREATISES, 1800-1926: A digital collection that includes a wide range of resources for research in United States and British legal history. Resources include casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters and speeches. Full-text searchable.
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MAKING OF MODERN LAW: SUPREME COURT RECORDS & BRIEFS, 1832-1978: A digital collection of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court by leading legal practitioners. Includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases. Full-text searchable.
MASTERFILE PREMIER Indexes over 27,000 periodicals (and full-text searching for 1,800 periodicals) on general interest topics such as health, business and culture.
MEDLINE: Index of articles relating to medicine.
NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS CORE: The collection includes the full text of the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
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OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY: The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, together with the 1993 and 1997 three-volume Additions Series.
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PROQUEST CONGRESSIONAL: Provides access to Congressional level publications, policy documents and the US Statutes at Large.
RIA CHECKPOINT: Provides both analytical and primary source information relating to tax law. (For off-campus access, you must click the "off-campus" button and register for an ID and password from a computer terminal on-campus.)
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UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG (Via the web.)
WORLDCAT: The WorldCat database is the OCLC Online Union Catalog. It contains more than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world.